Door-hanger



Patented May 30, |899.

W LOUD EN DOOR HANGER.

(Application led Nov. 26, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED; .STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

WILLIAM LOUDEN, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

DOOR-HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of IietterslPatent No. 626,177, dated May 30, 1.899.

Application led November 26, 1897. Serial No. 659,932. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t 11i/ay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LoUDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of .Ieffersonand State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-I-Ian gers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door-hangers adapted to traverse au overhead track to support and to open and close the doorg'and it consists of an improvement in the construction of said hangers and track, set forth in this specification and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section drawn through the head of one of the hangers on the line w y of Fig. l. Figs. 4. and 5 are detail views.

A represents the track, which is of metal, and B shows the brackets which hold the track in place on the wall W. The opening in the wail which the door is designed to close is represented by W. The lower ends of brackets B are secured at intervals to the inner side of the track A, and their upper ends are pivotallyconneoted .to the wall. by means of staples C.

D represents the hangers, a pair of which are secured to the door by bolts Ein the usual The upper end of each hanger D is fitted with a cross-shaped head having an eye F in each end of the cross. A cap-piece G,

having points I-I, adapted to enter said eyes, is

fitted thereto, and the points II are riveted in said eyes. Through the centers of the cap and hanger-head openings are made to receive and hold a pin I, Aupon which a wheel L revolves. A series of rollers may be inserted in the hub ot the wheel, so as to revolve around the pinI and reduce the friction. The periphery of the wheel L is grooved, so as to run on the track A, and to prevent it from getting oft a guard M is formed ou the inner side of the hanger-frame below the track, and its innerend is bent upwardly, so as to catch behind the track, and this eftectually prevents the wheel from running off.

By the construction herein described the door and the track may be swung out from the wall to a considerable distance without the hangers getting oii.e the trackor any damage being done to any of the parts, the brack-- ets, with track attached, being free to turn on the staples C. The brackets are prefer ably made L.'shaped, so their bodies will rest against the wall, while their' lower'ends will extend out to support the track at the proper distance from the wall.

Small outwardly-projectinglstud-pins O are formed on the outer sidesv of the arms of the cross-head and also on the outer sides of the ends of the cap G. When it is'desired to protect the wheel L from rain, sleet, or snow, a piece of sheet metal N is bent so as to form a hood, and holes are punched in the corners of the hood so as to iit over the pins O. By this means the hood N can be iitted to the hanger or removed therefrom without interfering with any other part of the hanger, and the hood being placed. entirely outside of the hanger-frame will shed the water entirely off its upper end, and the lower edges of the hood may be extended down as far as desired to more completely protect the main part of the hanger. To prevent the hood from coming off too easily, the ends of the pins O may be riveted down in the holes of the hood N.

When malleable iron is used to make the hangers, the pins O are cast thereon, thus affording an inexpensive yet effective means of securing the hood to the hanger.

The brackets B are preferably secured to the track A by means of horizontally-broadened points P, riveted into horizontally-elongated holes Q, made in the track, as particularly shown in Fig. 4. The web of the bracket B forms an abutting shoulder above the point P, and a brace R is extended down to abut against and support the track below.

By means of the horizontally elongated holes in the track and the horizontally-broadened points P tting into them only a small amount of the width of the track is taken up for the attachment of the brackets, thus leaving the largest possible space for the passage of the inner flange of the wheel L and also for the passage of the guardjM. By this means the possibility of the hanger getting od the track is reduced to the minimum. The track will also be firmly held b'y the brackets against longitudinal displacement.

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over and be supported by the pins on the ends of the cross-head- Also, in place of the sta-V ples C hook-bolts s,- as shown in Fig. orl

other similar fastenings may be used to secure the brackets B to the wall, and Other changes in the details of construction. may be made without departing from the spirit of ets adapted to .be pivotally secured to a wall my invention.

Vhat I claim isl. The combination of a hanger to support a sliding door, a track for said hanger to run upon, and brackets rigidly secured -at their lower ends to the track and their upper ends adapted to rest against and be pivotally secured to a wall, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a door-hanger, a`

track for the hanger to run upon, and L- shaped brackets having their lower outer ends secured to the inner side of said track,

their upper ends being adapted to rest against and be pivotally secured to a wall, substan` said-upper end of each bracket to the wall, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a door hanger, a track for the hanger to run upon, and brackets adapted to be pivotall y secured to a wall at their upper ends, while their outer lower ends are horizontally broadened and adapted to it into horizontally-elongated holes in the track, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination of a door-hanger, a track for the hanger to run upon, and brackat their upper ends while their outer lower ends are horizontallybroadened and adapted to iit into horizontally-elongated holes in the track, a downwardly-projecting brace being formed on the lower end of the bracket to abut against and support the track, substantially as set forth.

6. In a door-hanger having a frame to incase and carry a wheel, outwardly-.projecting pins on the corners of said frame, and a hood fitted upon said pins and supported by them outsideof the edges ofthe hanger-frame, substantially as set fforth.

In testimony whereof I -have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

VILLIAM LOUDEN.

\Vi tn esses:

A. D. LONG, F. II. I-IIGB-Y. 

